Origin of the name Manuela: A feminine form of Manuel, a cognate of the Hebrew Immanuel, a name derived from 'immÄnÅ«Ä“l (God is with us). In the Bible, Emmanuel is the name of the promised Messiah. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.
Neves, is the Portuguese word for the plural form of "snow" (Portuguese: neve). It is a common surname in Portugal, Italy, Brazil, and the Spanish region of Galicia. A Spanish variant is Nieves.
